Yesterday we finally got on the blog after nearly 30 minutes of navigating with the internet here to add a post and we lost power, until now : )
Shortly after we lost power yesterday a MAJOR storm blew through with SO much rain for over 2 hours of heavy, heavy down pour, lightening and thunder. Some of the team just made it up to Alpha y Omega for a prayer service when the rains hit. Since there was no power, we sat in a circle with candles and a couple of headlamps. With the tin roof, it was near to impossible to hear anyone, but God heard : )
Thankfully, the rest of our team was back at the pastor´s house as the deluge of rain came correning down the road right into some of the ladies bedroom. They ended up digging trenches in the down pour and stopping and diverting the couple inches of rain in the bedroom. Only a few pieces of clothing got wet. It could have been a lot worse as there were several suitcases on the floor. As we walked home from the church, we waded through the rivers or roads back to the house. We had no power through the rest of the night but had a lot more rain. We all stayed dry once we got to where we were going-home stays and the pastors house.
We received word this AM that the play equipment had just arrived!!!! Only took 10 months from the time it arrived at the port! We are making great progress in setting it up, and thankfully, we have not needed electricity for any of that work. But we have not been able cut the steel, polish the ends or weld for the fences until now but we are at a critical juncture with the structure of making and pouring the cement around the poles. When I left, to come use the mayor´s office to post this (the only place with internet--that is when there is power), many hands were working on that and planting plants all around the playground. It is shaping up to be quite something!
I see more rain clouds moving in so I must conclude though there is much yet to share. And oh, I wish I could post pictures, but TOO much for right now: )
Just know that we are ALL well and having a great, hot and wet time but we are making progress. Love you all and thank you so much for your support. Our Honduran friends have been SO helpful. It is awesome to work along side each of our team members and our friends of Honduras!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comments:
Sounds exciting!! Take pictures of the food and try to get a few recipes!!
Post a Comment